The Deep Red US Senate conversion thread. Deep Reed States where the incumbent is a Deep MAGA Trump Supporter.

Current status of November races:

Races and Primary dates:

FL, 8/20/2024

IN, 5/7/2024

MO, 8/6/2024

MS, Ty Pinkins

ND, 6/11/2024

NE, 5/14/2024

TN, 8/1/2024

TX, Colin Allred

UT, 6/25/2024

WY, 8/20/2024

Send money to Colin Allred going against Cancun Cruz.

Turn Purple Texas Blue.

Is Texas actually purple?

If you are a Mississippi woman who thinks that abortion is NOT on the ballot in Mississippi,

Roger Wiker is a traditional Republican who had been absorbed into the MAGA fold.

Voted twice to acquit Trump's Impeachments, and voted for every Trump/McConnell Supreme Court nominee who got us in this mess.

Send money to his Democratic opponent: Ty Pinkins.

R3, Texas is a superbly gerrymandered state, and when you pull back the layers of the Texas onion, it is definitely purple and moving BLUE

I support Colin Allred and donate to him often. (Lately, though, he has been eating too many catered dinners and going back for seconds.)

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is running against Bat Boy Scott in FL

Next up

IN, 5/7/2024 Open Seat

NE, 5/14/2024 ok, Michael Janulewicz is the unopposed Democrat in the primary. Can anyone from Nebraska fill me in on who he is? He is running against Stepford Handmaid Deb Fischer. She needs to go.

ND, 6/11/2024 Katrina Christiansen, University of Jamestown engineering professor PHD!, is running against Kevin Cramer unopposed. Cramer is one of those traditional Business Republicans with a degree in Management who vited twice to acquit Trump and who vou=ted for every Trump/McConnell Supreme Court nominee that got us in the mess.

UT, 6/25/2024 multiple candidates on both sides to fill Ronna's Uncle's position.

ND, 6/11/2024 Katrina Christiansen, University of Jamestown engineering professor PHD!, is running against Kevin Cramer unopposed. Cramer is one of those traditional Business Republicans with a degree in Management who vited twice to acquit Trump and who vou=ted for every Trump/McConnell Supreme Court nominee that got us in the mess.

Katrina is the perfect smart, young, woman to take out an old Trump supporter. Send her sugar here:

r7, and so are nine other Florida Democrats, including Alan Grayson.

Everyone I have posted on this list is either an elected Democratic Nominee or an UNOPPOSED candidate, where sending them money is a sure bet.

I will wait til August 20th to post the elected nominee in Florida. But good for you, r7 for participating.

Races and Primary dates:

FL, 8/20/2024 9 Democrats in the primary going against Billionaire Medicare fraudster Rick Scott (see link)

IN, 5/7/2024 2 Democrats in the primary, open seat.

MO, 8/6/2024 2 Democrats in the primary, going against Coward Josh Hawley.

MS, Ty Pinkins

ND, 6/11/2024 Katrina Christiansen, unopposed.

NE, 5/14/2024 Michael Janulewicz, unopposed.

TN, 8/1/2024 4 Democrats in the primary going for Klan Granny Marsha Blackburn's seat.

TX, Colin Allred

UT, 6/25/2024 3 Democrats going for Mitten's open seat.

WY, 8/20/2024 Nobody had the balls to run against John Barasso If you are Republican, vote for his opponent Reid Rasner. But he is one Big Business Republican who loves to cut programs and taxes. This situation is why DC needs to become a state. The Reddest of the Red States. Sorry Liz Cheney didn't run as an Independent.

Current list of Red State Senator Opponents 3/15/2024

MS, Ty Pinkins Democratic nominee

TX, Colin Allred Democratic nomine

NE, 5/14/2024 Michael Janulewicz, unopposed.

ND, 6/11/2024 Katrina Christiansen, unopposed.

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IN, 5/7/2024 2 Democrats in the primary, open seat.

UT, 6/25/2024 3 Democrats going for Mitten's open seat.

TN, 8/1/2024 4 Democrats in the primary going for Klan Granny Marsha Blackburn's seat.

MO, 8/6/2024 2 Democrats in the primary, going against Coward Josh Hawley.

FL, 8/20/2024 9 Democrats in the primary going against Billionaire Medicare fraudster Rick Scott (see link)

A state of deep reeds.

Making inroads into Deep Red states is a possibility this year.

The attached is a ND Senator Kevin Cramer interview BEFORE the 2020 election, BEFORE the 1/6/2021 Capitol Insurrection.

Can I repeat how much I hate Marsha Blackburn and her fake

Prosperity Gospel Evangelical White Racist Plantation Supremacy?

[quote] “Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Allison Russell, Sing to Vote @MarshaBlackburn Out of Office… More than 30 vocalists, incl. Brittany Howard, Emmylou Harris, Katie Pruitt record anthem 'Tennessee Rise' to support @VoteGloriaJ for senate…”

r16, I just loved that.

It would have been so much easier if the Freed Slaves had killed their Plantation Owners in 1865, but no they left the plantations and walked into the Churches their owners created for them.

In 2024, Tennesee sends Miss Anne, Marsha Blackburn, back to her Plantation Porch with a rocker and Mint Julep...

I hope you're right, R17.

And btw: her plantation is in her native Mississippi and she also has a house on the Cape in addition to her homes in DC and Nashville...

OH look another Trump thread

r19, actually is another get out the Vote Against Trump thread, but ok...

bump

holding

Katrina Christiansen, ND, has started advertising on FB

While we work on DC statehood, residents of DC who used to live in a state should be allowed to continue to vote in that state for the purposes of federal elections.

Sound strange? Well, why is that if a person moves from Georgia to France they can continue to vote as a Georgian In presidential elections for the rest of their life, but if they move to DC they are immediately disenfranchised?

(This has to to be one of the most egregious examples of remaining structural racism at the federal level and I don’t understand I seem to be the only person noticing)

Just four presidential election cycles ago Flawduh was viewed as a purple state. Today it's the Nouveau Reich.

Not all red, but:

Katrina Christiansen, ND, has started out fundraising old bastard Kevin Cramer.

I've donated to Christiansen

DataLounge, if you have a few extra shekels and want to turn North Dakota back to Blue, sending Katrina a few would go a long way. When the 2024 Blue Tsunami rises, she should be in a position to flip ND's Senate seat.

[quote]When the 2024 Blue Tsunami rises

Don’t you feel a little bit of shame when you type something like this?

First of all, your tactic to achieve your goal is wrong. You want to make people scared of losing something, not make them confident about winning something. Didn’t you watch the Carousel episode of Mad Men?

Secondly, simply giving money doesn’t do anything other than enrich advertisers. Do you know how much money Biden raised? Do i see any ads telling me why to vote for him? No! I am barraged by a constant stream of ads with an aged infirm man asking me to donate my money so he can make more ads asking others to donate more money. Joe Biden is the Panhadler-in-Chief. This election is being surrendered to Trump because of tactics like this. There will be no blue tsunami. At best, there will be a blue levee against a raging Trump deluge. But hey, at least you did your part helping enrich cynical wealthy people.

r30, what a lovely AI Troll post. It hits all the negative talking point. If cash were not so important in campaigns, why did the Crow's and Leo's and Federalist Society hacks purchase Citizens United?

North Dakota's Kevin Cramer has voted twice not to convict Trump, and he voted for every nomination put forward by the Trump/McConnell/Leo/Crow Court. He made the overturning of Roe possible. For only these reasons, he needs to be replaced by a Democrat. Abortion rights are on every state's ballot where a Republican Senator is up for re-election (or, in the cases of Indiana and Utah, filling a Republican vacancy).

North Dakota is a purple state.

North Dakota is not a purple state. It has voted for Democrats just five times and two of those times were for the same person (Wilson and FDR). The last Democrat it voted for was LBJ.

Again, why do Biden people lie. Do they not think we can look these things up?

Sorry, four of those times were for 5he same two people.

R30, Trump is begging for money so why are you going after Biden for doing the same? At least Biden isn't selling tacky Bibles or using campaign $$$ to pay his legal bills

r32, and yet there is Heidi Heitkamp.

This is wrong: of course DC residents can vote for President “Sound strange? Well, why is that if a person moves from Georgia to France they can continue to vote as a Georgian In presidential elections for the rest of their life, but if they move to DC they are immediately disenfranchised?”—nope.

How is Lucas Kunce doing against Miss Josh Hawley? Choice is on the ballot in Missouri, hopefully that will help Dem turnout

There seems to be much delusion here. The only issue: can Democrats keep 50 seats? They are not going to flip any Republican seat.

There’s a much greater likelihood of the Democrats taking back the House while the Republicans flip the Senate—your best case scenario..

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, running against Bat Boy Rick Scott in FL

Good luck with that—he’s a billion dollar Medicare fraudster re-elected over and over. And she’s the one to beat him?

[quote]They are not going to flip any Republican seat.

We shall see in the year of pissed off women. Kansas, Ohio both flipping on all state issues. Senators are all state votes.

You come back in November and let us know—a state referendum on abortion will have no bearing on a Senate race—at least to the degree that an incumbent Republican will lose. Not in this political climate.

Sweetie, EVERY Republican Senate seat is a State referendum on abortion. That is the point as we'll as no state has two Senators. Each state has 100 Senators. Cramer in ND and that Plantation whore Blackburn in TN affect me just as much as my own Senators. That's why donating to Katrina in ND makes sense.

Both Cramer and Blackburn will win by several % points. And that’s the truth.

The republicans don’t even want access to contraception. I have no idea what red voting people have been watching that they want to destabilize male/female relations to this extreme. Doesn’t any “conservative” voter believe in science? Don’t any of them believe in personal options?

No, and no.

Thank you for the correction R36. You are correct, DC was given three electoral college votes in 1961. They do not however get to vote in any Senate races, which ex-pats continue to be able to do.

r44, that's an opinion.

Oh—it is a fact. And I’d take any bet against that outcome….because I would win$$.

Anyone interested in spending time or money on a senate race should direct their efforts to Montana, Nevada, Ohio, PA and Maryland. Otherwise you’re just circling the drain…

[quote]And I’d take any bet against that outcome….because I would win$$.

So you are saying it is a possibility if not a probability.

“He said I don’t matter? Am I getting this right?”

R49, the 2024 election will not only be a referendum on Trump, but the entire Republican Party including the corruption of the Supreme Court. America has seen Biden and the Democrats hold the rudder of state while The Republicans in Congress have spent the past 4 years destroying America. But I can understand why you are unhappy that Democrats are sending money to "safe" districts.

R52 your last sentence makes no sense. That’s the opposite of what I wrote. Nutz

What kind of support are Republicans running for Senate getting from DC and the RNC. Will they have sufficient funds to run their campaigns when Trump’s need for defense funds is paramount.

R54, some of them are rich douchebags who are funding their own campaigns (Hovde, McCormick)

Hovde is not up for reelection, douche bag Cramer is in ND.

While Katrina Christiansen is out fundraising Evangelical Christian Douche Bag Cramer, Cramer has access to the Republican Dark Money Citizens United fire hose of cash that will not donate to the Trump Legal Fees Machine.

Republicans will lose the Senate after Labor Day. Donate to her campaign, now.

Focus, people—focus!

“With Democrats sure to lose retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) seat and defending a whopping seven seats in red or swing states this cycle, a loss in Nevada would all but guarantee a Republican majority in the Senate.”

I've donated to Jacky. I like her.

She’s the incumbent most likely to lose, for now….

Jacky has a huge war chest and is liked in Nevada as a STEM scientist and programmer. She has delivered.

She will not lose to the criminal NV GOP candidate that Trump would not take a picture next to because he is so disfigured. And a vet, and we know how Trump hates disfigured vets. Trump was far away from NV when he posted his endorsement of the sad good guy candidate of the criminal NV GOP. He is a supporter of a national ban on abortion. He will lose.

^ Yep, Sam Brown is a hardliner on abortion. I think that will hurt him

You THINK?

Nevada has, practically, an all women legislature.

This is a classic example of Abortion being on the ballot by the Senate race.

You underestimate Brown’s story as a campaign positive. That is all.

r59, which is not very..

R64 My only point is that to overestimate the likelihood of reelection by the weakest Democratic incumbents is a recipe for disaster —especially if valuable time and money is spent on pie in the sky efforts against comparatively safe Republican incumbents. It will end up as a shit show for control of the Senate. It’s a path that follows the horrible Hillary campaign mistakes of 2016.

^ Except that's not what's happening. The most vulnerable Dems are raising tons of money. Tester and Sherrod Brown are raking in $$$. Rosen hasore $$$ than Sam Brown. People are focusing on these races and donating to them

If you live in NV, you cannot say that Jacky is a weak candidate. She is what Republicans fear most, a solid middle to liberal Jewish female who has produced for Biden and NV.

Jacky is not weak and no matter how many of the criminal NV GOP repeat that disinformation, it will not be true.

It's like me repeating that the NV GOP is a criminal organization. Only the courts can vindicate the criminal NV GOP.

Sam Brown is going to lose to Jacky Rosen. As stated by R61 and R62, his anti-abortion stance will be the key. He may dance around the language but he's all for a total ban. That, and Trump won't get within a hundred miles of a disfigured war vet.

R66 upthread there are multiple posts by wishful thinkers expecting to flip seats in places like ND and TN…

^ Okay, but donating to candidates in TN and ND doesn't mean you can't donate to Brown, Tester, Rosen and others as well.

I didn’t say that.

New poll from Florida Atlantic University has Debbie Mucarsel-Powell just 2 points behind Bat Boy Rick Scott

shocking

Yea—it’s a single poll …context

Is there any way Debbie Mucarsel-Powell can emphasize Scott's Medicare fraud without subjecting herself to libel/slander charges? Like bringing up the umpteenth times he took the Fifth in campaign ads interspersed with that clip of Trump saying only cowards take the Fifth.

He’s been elected at least three times AFTER the Medicare fraud. Get a grip.

Get a grip yourself, dear r76. I asked calmly, yet your response sounds anything but.

I am not a Florida resident up-to-date on his win margins or public awareness of his grift, if that's any balm for you.

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Can someone please explain the appeal of mush mouthed Bat Boy Rick Scott? He is a creepy weirdo, why does Florida keep re-electing him? I thought politicians were supposed to be charismatic. I don't get it, other than he has an R behind his name.

Because he has endless amounts of money to push the right buttons on different voters.

R69, because America has discovered that each state does not have 2 Senators, in the. Age of Dobbs, and the corrupt Supreme Court, each state has100 Senators and is vested in every one.

Send Katrina cash, she is All of our candidate.

each state has100 Senators and is vested in every one …typing it over and over again doesn’t make it accurate. From a purely strategic standpoint, it makes less sense than even your posts.

More than 3/4 of those 100 seats ain’t ever gonna flip. There’s only several at the margins that will ever move back and forth between the parties under the current “realignment.” Your energy is better spent there, at those margins, until the next realignment comes along. It’s basic political strategy. Poli Sci 101.

r82, it is a change in philosophy that Republicans have known for decades.

Are you saying that Dark Money does not go out of state?

You are being willfully ignorant that every senator who acquitted Trump twice, every senator who approved every Trump SC nominee does not affect all of us. They have.

These are the reasons that Act Blue exists.

You’ve misread my argument completely. Sorry.

I do not care if I misread your tortured argument.

It is important for Democrats to get involved in ALL Senate races as ALL Senate races change all of our lives in a way that the 435 Representative's, who all change out every two years, do not.

I wish you well. The rest of us will have to live with Republican majority in the Senate with that kind of thinking. Come back in November and let us know — TIA.

Not sure why you think helping Democrats will lead to a Republican majority

Bill Cassidy (LA) isn't up for reelection until 2026, but Republicans here hate him for his vote in the Trump impeachment trial.

Marcia's TN opponent, Gloria, is rising in the polls that are now paying attention to the TN Senate race.

Marsha is running on getting rid of Obamacare as Miss Anne believed the Plantation should not pay for healthcare.

Marsha Blackburn is an evil unchristian cunt.

R89, we'll get to him during the midterms. We are more interested in supporting Lucas Kunce in MO, now.

Katrina has a great campaign video out.

Put North Dakota in play and send her some sugar.

Lawrence on his show, with Ira Shapiro, showing that the Republicans knew that they had to have a grip on the Senate in order to degrade government.

The key to getting rid of Trump lies in the Senate.

Lawrence looks like he is up for a continuing series on Democratic Senate candidates.

Lawrence knows.

Nebraska?

Dare we hope?

Interesting strategy that a pro-choice Union organizer is running as an Independent in a Red State.

I would think that the local Dems have their heads up their ass.

I worry that these "liberals" are really Manchin's in wolf's clothing.

But another Lieberman would be great if he takes down tired old cunt and Trump acquitter and corrupt SCOTUS enabler: Deb Fischer.

New poll has Colin Allred within 3 points of Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz, Deb Fischer, Josh Hawley, Kevin Cramer, and cunt for Christ, Marsha Blackburn, all have challengers who are picking up steam.

We shall see.

Send them sugar.

Ty Pinkins is going against one of the biggest, quietest Red State Senators in Mississippi.

The Washington Post did an Editorial on electing him.

Does anyone have a link to to the WaPo article.

It seems that the movement to remove Red State Senators is gaining momentum.

With Citizens United.

With Shelby County.

With Dobbs, Roe reversal.

With Chevron Reversal. A HUGE FUCKING DEAL, and it means Judges can Legislate from the bench and guarantee Plantation/Corporate PROFITS.

With the Corrupt Supreme Court doning all this CORRUPT SHIT,

Biden isn't running against Trump, WE are running against Corrupt Republican Senators.

A Democratic Super Majority in the Senate means that Trump's SIX judges are subject to REMOVAL on Day one.

Trump truly is the puppet. He is the diversion to the dismantling of America.

The Democratic Convention will be America's Civics Lesson wake-uo call.

And never forget that that the last time we had a Super Majority, we passed Obama Care.

With the reversal of Chevron, we are one Judge short of getting rid of ObamaCare and SOCIAL SECURITY.

New poll has Colin Allred only three points behind Ted Cruz (and it's a right-leaning poll)

Collin (TX). Katrina(ND), Lucas(MO), Gloria(TN) are all gaining fundraising steam.

All are entering the margin of error in Republican's beloved Polls.

All need cash.

If you hate Cruz, send Collin cash.

If you hate quiet Trumpers who enabled Trump and the Supreme Court and the destruction of women's healthcare made possible by Kevin Cramer, send Katrina cash.

If you hate Republican elite, blowhard and Congressional Sprinter, Josh Hawley, send money to Lucas.

If you hate Bible verse posting, Home Economics gradiate, and Plantation Representative, send Gloria some cash.

These 4 seats can shift the Senate closer to a Senate Democratic Super Majority.

[quote] Collin (TX). Katrina(ND), Lucas(MO), Gloria(TN) are all gaining fundraising steam. All are entering the margin of error in Republican's beloved Polls.

Looking at the North Dakota race, GOP senator Cramer is 37% ahead of Christiansen. Blackburn in Tennessee is ahead by 11% and is over the 50% mark. Hawley is ahead by 9% in Missouri.

Why are you trying to get people to throw away their donations on lost causes instead of donating to races that could be won?

[quote]Why are you trying to get people to throw away their donations on lost causes instead of donating to races that could be won?

Why are you showing polls that are incorrect. The movement is for Trump supporting Senators to be replaced.

The point of sending them money is to validate their challenges for defective Republican Senators who made our living Trump hell possible.

McConnell, Leo and Crow all knew the path to corrupting the government by Plantation Capitalists was through the Senate. The path to correcting the government is through the Senate.

Those donors are not throwing away cash, theyy are buying hope in the future.

Also, considering pendulum swinging, the big swing back to a Democratic run government will be in 2026. But we must make inroads now, just like Republicans in 2008.

That's why I'm not sure why Trump was even out in a field in Butler Co., which voted overwhelmingly for him in 2020. You don't waste your money preaching to the choir. Strange.

It was the smallest, easiest, most remote rally to CHOREOGRAPH?

No one was supposed to get hi.

No one was to be killed.

It was to be a CLEAN false flag ATTEMPT!

Then the La of Unintended Consequences.

Funny how Donald was more interested in his shoe-lifts than any other victims.

[quote] That's why I'm not sure why Trump was even out in a field in Butler Co., which voted overwhelmingly for him in 2020

GOTV and some people came to the rally from outside the area. It’s not rocket science.

Plus free coverage on the local news in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.

Collin (TX). Katrina(ND), Lucas(MO), Gloria(TN) are all gaining fundraising steam.

All are entering the margin of error in Republican's beloved Polls.

All need cash.

If you hate Cruz, send Collin cash.

If you hate quiet Trumpers who enabled Trump and the Supreme Court and the destruction of women's healthcare made possible by Kevin Cramer, send Katrina cash.

If you hate Republican elite, blowhard and Congressional Sprinter, Josh Hawley, send money to Lucas.

If you hate Bible verse posting, Home Economics gradiate, and Plantation Representative, send Gloria some cash.

These 4 seats can shift the Senate closer to a Senate Democratic Super Majority.

[quote] If you hate quiet Trumpers who enabled Trump and the Supreme Court and the destruction of women's healthcare made possible by Kevin Cramer, send Katrina cash.

Cramer is 37 points ahead. Are you trying to get people to throw money away for the fun of it, or to divert cash from the competitive races?

Katrina's polling shows different. Sorry Trump Troll.

Oh, and your tattoo of people throwing money away on a superb candidate is just an appeal to Republicans who value money more than American Ideals. Begone.

Sending money to Katrina is the most effective way to clean the rotten and corrupt quiet supporters of Donald.

R112, you’re just out and out lying, whatever your actual purpose is. Cramer is 37% ahead in the poll from June. Anyone can see that and see you’re lying.

The Hill Senate Forecast gives Cramer a “>99%” chance of winning, lying r112.

At this point, Colin Allred looks like the best choice for a Dem in a "deep red" state

Sorry dude, but Katrina's polling shows that when people compare their records, they prefer Katrina to Cramer 45 to43%.

That's what campaigns are for and where campaign dollars go, to getting the word out about a candidate.

Ad that Cramer is a deep Trumper directly responsible for overturning Roe, and this year is different.

[quote] Sorry dude, but Katrina's polling shows that when people compare their records, they prefer Katrina to Cramer 45 to43%.

The posted facts have proven to all that you’re a liar. Cramer has a “>99%” chance of winning and a 37% lead. I hate people like you who try to take advantage of people financially to fleece them.

Stop with calling me a liar, you fucking Trumper.

I got the numbers from Katrina's campaign and no matter how many times you suck the cock of old white Evangelical businessman Kevin Cramer, it is not going to make me back down.

The corrupt Senate needs to be cleaned. A donation to Katrina is a good start.

Democrats supporting Democrats is a big fear of Republicans now that Donald is eating up RNC money.

R118, the poll results for the ND Senate race are published on multiple tracking sites. It shows that Cramer is ahead by 37%. No internal polling is going to show a miraculous 37% shift. You lied and you got caught.

It is strange that some Trumper is on DL upset I am promoting taking on the corrupt Republican Senators who got us here in the first place.

Leonard and Leo knew that the way to grabbing power in the entire fucking country was through the Senate. The way out, it through a Senate with a a Democratic Super Majority.

Sorry Republicans but I will not stop the drum eat for change.

R120, you stated something that wasn’t true about the poll results and you got caught. No matter how upset you are about it, you can’t weasel out of it. Also, you’re trying to divert campaign donations away from the competitive races. How much are you paid?

Go fuck yourself, saying that Democrats are throwing away their money is a tell that you don't mind all that dark money keeping corrupt Republicans in the Senate. Go lick Marsha Blackburn's fetid plantation cunt. These Republicans need to go and the process is long horizon

It seems that Republican Dark Money didn't expect to defend Trump Toad Senator Kevin Cramer ND.

Ted Cruz's RNC speech last night?

"Staggering, dishonest" “Simply grotesque” “There’s no evidence” “Nothing to support the claim”

Here’s what PolitiFact, WaPo, AP, and almost every major media outlet in Texas are saying:

And Claire McCaskill is siding with Manchin when she should be supporting Lucas Kunce in MO.

Mississippi woman

Who cares what fucking MS women want or think? Just like here in LA, they voted for their government, now you suffer and bigly I hope. Even black people don't vote here, they got out and voted for Obama, but not for abortion or other important things. THEY Will NOT VOTE. I hope many women have to have babies without brain cases that die immediately, people have to learn the hard way.

r126, we were talking Missouri. Put down the crack pipe.

Notice that there are only 10 republican senators having to defend republican seats, all in very red red states.

Mean while there are 22 seats that are currently held by Democrats being defended, some in deep red states like WV, Montana and Ohio.

The Senate is very likely to flip to Republican control and the House is likely to flip to Democratic control.

[quote]The Senate is very likely to flip to Republican control

Nope, The pendulum will continue to swing Democratic, with Criminal Trump and Masturbator Vance topping the Republican ticket for the first election since Dobbs. Dobbs, the corrupt Supreme Court and Project 2025 will sink Republicans.

Now that Harris is most certainly going to be the Dem's nominee, we will start to see the attack on red state senators who got us here. Just before early voting.

It was also magnificent that Nicolle Wallace had a LONG segment with Sally Yates. The race for the Democratic AG is ON!

Gerrymandering doesn't matter in statewide races. I'd love to see a Black man elected to the Senate from Mississippi.

We will lose the Senate seat in West Virginia to the former Republican governor who is running for the vacancy Manchin created. So in order to keep what we have we have to flip a seat. There is a vacancy in Maryland where the Democrat retired. Now, the former Republican Governor, Hogan is running against a Black Woman. We need to keep that seat. Those are two I am focused on. Then, Arizona. Lunatic Kari Lake is running against Ruben Gallegos. He is a member of Congress and has a great record. Kari is crazy. Hopefully she has worn out her welcome in Arizona. Now. Rick Scott the Skeletor from Florida is running for re election. He's running against a white woman. Don't know much about her but she seems to be running a good campaign. She needs $$$. In Texas, Turd Cruz is running for re-election and he MUST be defeated. Michigan has a tight race but Slotkin is getting a lot of support and Sherrod Brown in Ohio is running a tight race and needs help. Tester needs help in Montana. So roll up your sleeves.

EXACTLY R131!

It is the reason there are two Democratic Senators from Georgia, Nebraska passed an abortion initiative, Ohio, FUCKING OHIO, passed TWO initiatives to protect Choice.

North Dakota, Texas, Mississippi Missouri, can definitely put a Democrat in the Senate.

I am waiting for The Tennessee Plantation to send Blackburn back to the rocking chair on her Plantation.

R132 here. As tempting as it is to pour money into trying to defeat Cruz and Scott, I'd focus on Maryland, Arizona, Ohio, Montana, and Michigan. I think that covers it.

Thank you, r132 /34, for chiming in on the conventional wisdom.

With 2024 being elections swung by Dobbs and Supreme Court corruption, I believe that we will see more change in the Senate since 1980s.

And as for the cash, these Senate races can ALL benefit from the windfall of campaign cash, since Harris the candidate. Personally, I am sending cash to North Dakota's Katrina Christiansen, who is going after Heidi Heitkamp's old seat.

It was BLUE just before Trump.

North Dakota is more like Minnesota, not Kristi Noem Dog Killing South Dakota.

There is lots of grass roots cash to go around. Republivans never thought they would have to defend a Deb Fischer in 2024 whe all of Trump's money is going to the RNC and then to his legal fees.

I have TWO Senators from my state, but the other 98 effect me just as much.

I contrubute cash to the 100 Senatord who will not fuck up the Supreme Court and who will restore Roe.

The 100 Senator Strategy will swing non-racist white voters in Red Stares.

Republicans against enslavement and Project 2025

Republicans for Harris 2024

Only the Wyoming cows will be on a red map.

Not an entirely fair headline.

I see his strategy. I'm not sure it will work for him, but I see what he's doing.

Sherrod Brown leading by four.

Hope it ^^^ sticks

[quote] With renewed enthusiasm at the top of the ticket with Kamala Harris as the Presidential nominee, Colin Allred has a real chance of kicking anti-abortion social security cutting extremist Ted Cruz to the curb.

Maybe this is why Brown and Allred are stiff-arming Harris: they understand that the GOP is already guns blazing to disenfranchise voters so there is no need to further provoke the bear.

you know, people talk about Josh Shapiro and the whole Israel thing but what I have not yet seen on corporate media is the intense, frantic activity going on behind the scenes where the Pro Israeli hardliners are going after Democratic members of Congress who are being accused of "caving in" to the pro Palestinian elements. They're having some success too. Cori Bush and that guy from NYC Bowman, are gone.They got primaried. The Republicans are going to try to use Josh Shapiro as a wedge against Harris. Right now. They're below the radar campaign strategy is to divide, of course.

For years Israeli leaders have made what I used to call "pilgrimages" to the U.S. to lobby for the arms and the financial support of the U.S. Not only through our government but through a network of non profit support groups. Now this is not unique.There are plenty of wealthy Middle Eastern groups who send money and support to Muslim organizations in areas of conflict. But the Israeli lobby is very entrenched and they're pros at this, much better than the naturally insular Middle Eastern groups.

I first because aware of it, when I attended a local luncheon for business leaders to meet Shimon Peres, back in the early 80's. He was a very attractive effective promoter for his country. I overheard his handlers talking about his packed schedule where he was meeting with various "donors" and would speak at a synagogue, etc. He was really working. There are "interest sections " in this country supporting all kinds of foreign groups. But rarely talked about until suddenly we read that certain Arab groups were sending money to the Middle East before 9/11 or something like that. My point is that the Neo Con intellectual cabal that got us into a phony war in Iraq thanks to Dick Cheney, are still out here raising hell and promoting a wider war involving Lebanon and Iran. It was always their goal and Netanyahu's been in bed with them for decades.

R142 here. It's important because those same elements are now going after Harris and Walz. they were upset with Biden when he got tough with Bibi and they're very pissed off. Ofcourse this will be exploited by the GOP and their minders in Russia.

r142, r143, you are in the wrong thread.

r141, huh?

Lucas Kunce knocked it out of the park this morning on Morning Joe.

He excoriated elitist Josh Hawley.

The 2024 race is slowly moving to the realization that Red State Senators are vulnerable.

And yet Tester, like Brown in Ohio and (the barely awake) Allred in Texas is keeping the Harris campaign at arms length.

The abortion issue will be raised at the Convention and be the principal issue for the rest of the campaign afterward. This will not be a ticket to runaway from

Can you imagine anyone else cheering for their ex-husband's new(ish) wife like this?

[quote] I feel it from lots of friends who moved to Austin. It’s going to take a lot of effort but if Georgia can, Texas can!

Sherrod Brown, John Tester, and the seat in Maryland are our most vulnerable seats. IMO

Tentative foundational schedule for speakers has been released.

Monday: Opening with President Biden; Hillary Clinton

Tuesday: Governor Pritzker opening; Fmr. President Obama

Wednesday: Fmr. President Clinton; Governor Tim Walz

Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepts nomination

So funny and I hate Seth Meyers...

New poll shows Rick Scott has an approval rating of only 35%

New Florida poll: Harris only a couple points behind Trump and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is 4 points behind Rick Scott

Look. I can remember when Lindsey Graham had a really low approval rating and didn't even bother to campaign, and then he won. Same with little Marco Rubio. So maybe Scott has a low approval rating. I wouldn't doubt it, but he will win his seat because he is corrupt and the electoral system in Florida is riddled with corruption and has been for at least a couple of decades. Ruck Scott is pure shit, too. Forida and Texas have to be the absolute worst states. And then you have Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana right behind them.

It seems that Red State women and non-racists are waking up and finding that Republicans are not meeting their needs.

[quote] Kunce called Hawley a feckless anti-worker scab to his face and Hawley just stood there like a deer in headlights with no good response because it's true.

^^^.

HAwley shows evidence of his absolute total dedication to his extremist beliefs. He's no deer in the headlights. He's looking at Kunce with utter contempt. Chilling, IMO. Fanatic.

Hawley is a White Supremacist in a state that has voted Democrat in the past. Kunce will hand him his ass.

Walz is in NEBRASKA.

Is the Democratic Party going after Deb Fischer, one of the quiet Trump/MAGA rubber stamps?

Like predicted in r95.

It's beginning to look a lot like LANDSLIDE, everywhere you go.

WHERE are the NAYSAYERS?

[quote] Walz is in NEBRASKA.

A) Walz was born and raised in Nebraska

B) Since they are one of the few states that allows electoral votes to be split Democrats frequently pick up one

C)

We definitely have to fight hard to keep the Senate. But I want to talk about the House. Some woman is running against James Comer in KY. I would love to hand him is ass in shreds. And of course Gym Jordan. We gotta find a way to get rid of him and Lauren Boebert. Forget dumping MTG because her district is even worse than she is.

[quote]We definitely have to fight hard to keep the Senate. But I want to talk about the House.

Please note the title of this thread.

Please start a House thread.

Daily Kos about Katrina:

North Dakota is one of the two majority Lutheran states in the nation, so Walz’ historic candidacy might lead to a pickup.

Nebraska

From r171,

2024 Nebraska Senate GE:

Deb Fischer (R-Inc) 43% (+2)

Dan Osborn (I) 41%

Nebraska had to run an Independent opposed to Trump Rubber stamp, Fischer.

Deb Fischer, voted TWICE to acquit Trump, and she voted for ALL of Trump's nominees to the Supreme Court. She is the poster child for Republican corruption in politics. She will vote for every one of the Project 2025 initiatives to remove MORE rights from American Voters.

But Nebraska passed a statewide Abortion initiative.

If she survives, it will be her last term.

Christopher Bouzy has been saying for weeks that Florida could be a sleeper surprise.

Hopefully this helps Tester

Ted Cruz, you in danger, girl!

I want us to go all out for Kamala and TIm, of course. But if we don't get BOTH houses we're fucked. We have to have the House because they will certify the election so we can avoid shit. If Mike Johnson is Speaker he will do everything possible for Trump. Without the Senate there will be no Supreme Court reforms. We need Reproductive Rights, Gun Safety Reforms, and Voting Rights. We also need down ballot races to break in our favor.

Here's my list of the vulnerable: Tester, Sherrod Brown, and the seat in Maryland.

You are missing the point of a women's election fueled by Roe.

All Red State Senators are targeted

Tester is a Farmland Boss!

AS there is no companion House thread please allow me this one transgression

[quote] Democrat Monica Tranel filmed a commercial in an Airbnb owned by her opponent GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke, a modest-looking house that he charges *$16,017* a month for, profiting off of the housing crisis.

Sherrod Brown needs help financially. He's got a very good chance of keeping his seat but his opponent just got a $12M infusion from crypto criminals, so Brown needs all the help he can get.

Blood infusion? Vitamin D? Ketamine?

The NRSC may have pulled ads in Ohio, but Heritage and the KKKochtopus have not.

They’ve picked up the digital advertising for the thief Moreno. They run ads constantly and those ads are paid for by KKKoch.

Use English, please. ^^

Translation:

The NRSC has pulled ad buys in Ohio, but the White Heritage Foundation and the ALEC/Koch Brothers PACS have not.

The White Heritage Foundation and the ALEC/Koch Brothers PACS have picked up the online advertising of MAGA Senate candidate Moreno. The ALEC/Koch Brothers PACS, in particular, are paying big bucks to keep MAGA Moreno a viable candidate.

Rumor has it that Trump is going to dump J.D. Vance (of Ohio) so he can put Robert Kennedy on the ticket. Robert endorsed him because trump promised him.

Rumor has it that you’re an idiot.

That one I’ll believe.

Can we keep this thread tight on Senate races in Red States?

Bout had nailed the past couple of election cycles.

Let’s hope!

And if Ohio passed TWO pro women' initiatives, I would put Ohio in play as well.

[quote] Osborn, a former Democrat, has declined to commit to caucusing with either party, has declined to endorse a presidential candidate, and has explicitly refused the endorsement of the state Democratic Party. However, it would appear that this positioning is paying off at the moment;

The Texas Senate race is pretty close!

R196, he's opposing Trump Rubber-stamp Deb Fischer and moving into Angus King Territory. He may be a leader in a new Republican Party once Trump Loses.

I'd love to see us dump both Ted Cruz in Texas and Rick Scott in Florida. The guy in Texas running against Cruz has great credentials. But Texas is so corrupt when it comes to voting t hey ought to have the Justice Department oversee their elections.

[quote] He said “it’s a great way to bond with the Indians while they’re drunk at 8:00 a.m”

^^^

[quote] Been hearing whispers that the Tester camp has quite a dossier of oppo against Sheehy

[quote] They may be holding most of their fire until post-Labor Day when voters are paying closer attention

Tester is a hold.

We need to move to the flips of Cramer, Fischer and Hawley.

Those Reds State Senators will give us the Senate that would have shown up in a decade had the Evangelicals not fucked up Dobbs and 2024.

As much as I despise Hawley, I think Scott in Florida is a more likely flip, R202

It is not either or, likely or unlikely, they all need to be targeted. I send cash to Katrina in North Dakota. Her numbers have shifted out of nowhere.

New poll has Debbie Mucarsel-Powell only 1 point behind Rick Scott

The guy running against Ted Cruz is very impressive and I think that race is tied. But Texas is so corrupt Paxton is openly announcing he will block the Dems from eve registering people.

Dick today joined Liz in endorsing Kamala Harris

I haven't lived in Texas since I graduated from high school a few (ahem) decades ago, but my friends and neighbors supported Bush/Cheney100%. That she not only endorses Allred, but did it while actual in Texas just might move the needle.

r203, this thread is not about likely flips, it is about the historic demographic shift to majority rule by minorities. It is about the historic pendulum swing after the nickle landed on its edge for three election cycles. The momentum is to the Democrats after 45 years of Republican capitalists corrupting the government.

I thank Trump for being so blatantly corrupt, for so blatantly corrupting the Supreme Court, that he will be seen as a Democratic stress test. We know the guard rails that he kicked down, and we know what has to be strengthened. He also corrupted the Republican Party to the point that it needs a sit out to reorganize. Thank you, Donald.

Which is why Democratic Senate candidates:

FL, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

IN, Dr. Valerie McCray

MO, Lucas Kunce

MS, Ty Pinkins

ND, Katrina Christiansen

NE, Dan Osborne (I)

TN, Gloria Johnson

TX, Colin Allred

UT, Caroline Gleich

are so important. THEY are the stress test for Republican corruption.

I hope they follow Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath and if they lose, they continue to run for 2030. Amy McGrath lost to Mitch, but she has been running for his seat ever since. She has a war chest and is ready to be elected.

The times they are a changing.

Lucas Kunce just lost his race against Josh Hawley by being pushed to endorse Kamala Harris and then mealy mouth and weasel his way to not run with her.

Unknown candidates who do not embrace the national ticket go LOSE.

He had his chance. He should have talked with Claire McCaskill.

Sen. Jon Tester, one of the nation’s most vulnerable Democratic senators, said he is not endorsing Kamala Harris for president because he contended his GOP opponent in Montana wants to nationalize their race.

“This race needs to be about Montana,” Tester told me about his bid against Republican Tim Sheehy. “My opponent doesn’t want it to be about Montana. He wants it to be about national (issues). But it needs to be about Montana because he doesn’t know shit about Montana.”

Tester also said he supports the GOP proposal to bar undocumented immigrants from voting, something already illegal, but doesn’t like the House Republican effort to tie that plan to a bill keeping the government open past Sept. 30.

“I’m not crazy about it being on the CR,” he said, referring to the stop-gap funding bill known as a continuing resolution.

[quote] Recent public polls have shown Hawley leading by double-digit margins, and The Cook Political Report rates the contest as "solid Republican." But polling by GQR, which describes itself as one of the world's premier opinion research and strategic consulting firm, for Kunce's campaign, which was shared exclusively with Newsweek, shows a relatively tight race.

[...]

[quote] The poll included 645 Missouri voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.86 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence interval. It was conducted from September 6 to 12.

People in Missouri are stupid. They will not dump Hawley.

R211, what bullshit claiming a run for Senate is not a national race. Well, it is a FEDERAL race with all the implications of the two party system.

Is Tester trying to be the new Manchin?

Bullshit.

Iowa does not have a Red State Senate race, but Iowa is moving toward Harris.

It is an organic shift as neither Chuck Grassley nor Joni Ernst are running this year.

Let us not forget that Iowa Governor Kimmy is a never Trumper.

r216, Moreno will be eaten alive by Brown in Ohio.

Ohio and now Iowa...

R217 for a while there Sherrod Brown was trailing and then tied with Moreno. It's a race we can't lose.

The Florida senate race is within 1 point. The abortion amendment will help Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

Colin Allred is within 4 points of Ted Cruz in Texas. I think Allred will do even better than Beto O'Rourke. Democrats are now investing in the race.

It appears that the movement to a Democratic Senate Supermajority is happening.

Kamala needs to do more with her SM than shore up Obama Care.

Interesting article about three of the races noted above.

Bottom line, send Katrina Christiansen, Lucas Kunce and Dan Osborne some campaign cash.

They are closing in and do not have the huge machine, or Cheney endorsement, Colin Allred has in Texas.

New poll has Lucas Kunce 4 points behind Miss Hawley

No wonder Hawley doesn't want to debate.

OMG! Colin Allred is leading Ted Cruz in new poll!

I believe that the Democratic Senate Super Majority is on target.

New poll has both the Florida and Texas senate races within a few points each

Here in the DFW area, I just saw a Ted Cruz campaign ad for the first time. He accuses Colin Allred of supporting men in women's sports and men in women's bathrooms. That's all the unlikeable bastard could come up with at this point in the race. Reeks of desperation to me. Those tightening poll numbers must have been a wakeup call that he isn't coasting to an easy victory. Can't run off to Cancun now, Ted. Gotta get off that slovenly ass of yours and fight for the Senate seat like any other candidate.

An ad for Colin Allred, with the slogan "Stop Ted Cruz's Abortion Ban" also aired and highlighted his role in supporting the state's extreme abortion laws. I guess we'll have at least one competitive statewide race in this election cycle.

CNN trying to put their thumb on the scale and preserve the GOP Senate majority

[quote] A senior adviser for Alsobrooks told CNN that she was unaware of the problem and that her attorneys are working with both Washington and Prince George’s County, Maryland, to resolve the issue.

[quote] Alsobrooks saved nearly $14,000 in taxes between 2005 and 2017 on her northeast Washington property by using tax exemptions meant for the district’s primary residents, lower income residents and senior citizens, according to property tax bills reviewed by CNN.

I got my first Ty Pinkins fundraising text.

It seems the DNC might not give him cash, but they gave him the donor list.

For all you neighsayers who never thought that Republicans for Biden would not show up, well

Republicans for Harris is now a mile wide and a fathom deep.

LANDSLIDE

[Still working on the Senate Democratic Super Majority]

^^^

[quote] Officials acknowledged Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is down in the polls, but party strategists still see a path for him to defy the odds and win, just like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine did on the Republican side in 2020.

[quote] "It sounds like Gary Peters is thinking about abandoning Jon Tester," NRSC spokesperson Philip Letsou told Axios. "No matter what Democrats do, the NRSC will do whatever it takes to ensure Ted Cruz and Rick Scott defeat the radical liberals Chuck Schumer and his billionaire allies have propped up against them."

It is a pity that the Nebraska Dems had bad blood with Dan Osborne as they may have birthed the next MANCHIN.

But Deb Fischer is in play!

r233, this is what happens when a politician chooses to run from the party.

The party will run from you.

💰💸💸💸

Tester needs to run as a women's rights, pro economy, pro farm policy Democrat.

More Katrina

[quote]North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer speaks at (...) the Fargo National Cemetery

Kevin sees dead people.

As Adam Kinzinger said, you don't have to put a sign in your yard, but nobody is going to see who you vote for in the ballot booth...

Dan Osborne was on The Weekend. He looks good to win Nebraska over Deb Fischer.

But It seems that we have another Joe Manchin/Kyrsten Sinema in formation.

He wants to start an Independent Party Caucus in the Senate. I like him, but he is a dumb shit when it comes to government operations.

Is he going to give up the possibility of any and all committee assignments because he chooses not to caucus with either party? He needs a talk with Nancy.

Osborn may not help Democrats much, but that does take a seat away from Mitch

I really want to believe Allred has a shot at beating Cruz. Mainly because I don't think the Republican party leaders in Texas like Cruz. But Texas is so fucking corrupt I don't see Allred winning I don't see Rick Scott being defeated in Florida either. With the hurricanes disrupting everything they can commit fraud and no one will question it. I'm worried about Maryland and Ohio too. Tell me I'm worrying unnecessarily. Please.

I hope Lara Trump hands the Republican members of both houses of Congress a resounding defeat in November .

Looks like Sherrod Brown is in trouble.

Of course I want Kamala to win and the Democrats controlling both the Senate and House. I believe the Harris/Walz ticket will be successful, despite the hype of how 'close' the race is. They've put together quite the coalition that recognizes the threat Donald Trump poses to the country if given a second term. Their positive campaign and message of moving forward seems to be resonating with the segments of the electorate needed to win.

Right now though, I think we can easily win back a majority in the House because Republicans have been so inept and ineffective. The process of finding a new speaker was chaotic and they ended up with Mike Johnson, who is just awful. Then you have the disputes between MAGA and extreme MAGA factions.

The Senate feels out of reach. We knew the map would be more favorable to Republicans this cycle. With a number of red state Democratic incumbents locked in tight races, I want to have hope, but so much has to come together for Democrats to stay in charge. As in prior elections, the "Trump-approved" Senate candidates are horrible overall, which helps, but it will still be challenging.

As a Texan, it would be great to see Ted Cruz lose his seat to Colin Allred. Cruz underperforms compared to other statewide Republicans and it was close the last time with Beto. Maybe this will be the opportunity to finally throw him out.

OK. We will definitely lose West VA because Manchin is retiring and the incumbent governor, a Republican is running and he will win. I think we'll lose Tester in Montana and Sherrod Brown in Ohio, too. I'm watching Maryland. Don't know how it will break. Do we dare dream we can win Florida and dump Rick Scott? Or Cruz in Texas. I believe we could if the election was free and fair. But the level of corruption in both states is staggering, and as I Recall, Paxton, the attorney general in Texas said Beto would have won except he made sure those votes weren't counted. Without the Senate we will not be able to get reforms for SCOTUS or anything else we need.

Marsha is in trouble, Right there in Johnson City.

J'adore Reed states.

Brown is doing fine in Ohio.

Moreno is a liar and a thief. Several commercials are running non stop about how he wants to overturn abortion access in Ohio even AFTER we voted to codify it into law.

Turtle is spending big bucks on Moreno, but he’s flushing it down the pisser

We know why Hawley is in front of the other guy…

Ron Filopkowski on Twitter notes that the photo of Josh Hawley and Harrison Butker at R255 was posted on National Coming Out Day

[quote]Ron Filopkowski on Twitter notes that the photo of Josh Hawley and Harrison Butker at R255 was posted on National Coming Out Day

They're making a statement without saying a word.

[quote] This is just so fucking creepy and sick. Butker’s mother is an award winning scientist. Hawley’s wife argues cases before the Supreme Court. Yet, these two fucking closeted weirdos are saying women should submit and be their servants and incubators. Fuck that.

Submit you your Gay husbands!

Sounds like Lady G is all lined up for a long Saturday night with the gentleman callers.

How is Josie Hawlette's Lucas doing?

[quote] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch pulled no punches with a damning assessment of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) as “quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.”

[quote] The Missouri newspaper’s editorial board said Sunday that Donald Trump acolyte Hawley “stands apart for his singular role in spurring the violence” of Jan. 6, 2021.

[quote] Hawley was “the first and initially only senator to announce his baseless challenge of the election results, setting in motion the grotesque events that followed,” the board noted in an op-ed endorsing Hawley’s Democratic rival Lucas Kunce.

[quote] The memo underscores just why Montana is the most vulnerable state for Democrats. Sheehy led Tester by 4 points, 48 to 44 percent, in SLF’s October poll of the race — a slightly smaller edge than in some recent public polls. Republicans have seen Tester’s vote share drop just 2 points since August, but they’ve had him down in the last four polls.

[quote] Democrats continue to publicly express optimism that Tester can prevail. And because they are still dumping resources into the race, the memo notes that “it’s too early to declare victory and shift resources elsewhere.” Sheehy is also polling 9 points behind Trump.

I think we're OK in Ohio. I think Brown is inching ahead of Moreno. But I am worried about Hogan in Maryland, that porcine POS asshole, and I am worried about Tester losing to some asshole in Montana. We have lost West Virginia and that's a shame because the fat fuck who is replacing Manchin is a real pig who rarely ever goes to work as governor, and he will be a disaster as Senator, even for a Republican. We're in a position where we have to flip one and hold everything else in order to stay even in the Senate. Texas and Florida are too corrupt to allow a Dem to win, however, if anyone loses it will be Cruz because even the Republican Party leadership in Texas hates him.

Oh, how I hope enough people dislike that bastard Ted Cruz to throw him out of the Senate. Hell, his Senate colleagues don't even like him. If it happened, there are two things I'm certain of. Colin Allred would be an excellent Senator and the Governor and his rubber-stamp Republican legislature will introduce new "election integrity" laws meant to make the electoral process more restrictive than it is now.